{"id":12078,"date":"2014-10-15T22:45:53","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T02:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=12078"},"modified":"2014-10-15T22:45:53","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T02:45:53","slug":"christian-ponder-provides-shopping-spree-to-grieving-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2014\/10\/15\/christian-ponder-provides-shopping-spree-to-grieving-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Ponder provides shopping spree to grieving family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_6606\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6606\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/11\/christianponder.jpg\" alt=\"getty images\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/11\/christianponder.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/11\/christianponder-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/11\/christianponder-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">getty images<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nHis days as the starting quarterback in Minnesota are undoubted over but that has not stopped Christian Ponder from reaching out to a grieving family.<\/p>\n<p>Maggie Robbins was killed in a car accident earlier this month. When her husband took daughters Brianna and Emily out for a shopping trip they bumped into Ponder who was out shopping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe posted this to Facebook and we said, \u2018Look who mommy sent to say hi to us today.\u2019 It really cheered up my daughters,\u201d Justin Robbins said.<\/p>\n<p>When the girls entered Luluemon they were told by the store manager that Sam and Christian Ponder wanted to do something nice for the girls and were picking up the tab for their day of shopping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter a while, my daughters had the whole store in a bag. So I decided to say, \u2018You\u2019re not getting all those clothes.\u2019 I allowed them to get one outfit,\u201d Justin said.<\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/CBSMIN.images.worldnow.com\/interface\/js\/WNVideo.js?rnd=453557;hostDomain=video.minneapolis.cbslocal.com;playerWidth=600;playerHeight=336;isShowIcon=true;clipId=10690723;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=CBS.MINN%252Fworldnowplayer;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=overlay'><\/script><a href=\"http:\/\/video.minneapolis.cbslocal.com\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d tell him thank you for what you did, and that I felt like my mom was doing this,\u201d Brianna said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really, really want to thank the Ponders and what a great man. Samantha is a great person and Christian is a great man,\u201d Justin said. \u201cIt was a great day, it really helped us out. We really appreciate the Ponders for doing that for us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His days as the starting quarterback in Minnesota are undoubted over but that has not stopped Christian Ponder from reaching out to a grieving family. Maggie Robbins was killed in a car accident earlier this month. 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